. The American entomologist and botanist. tually eaten bythe worm; but, as we are informed in the sameexcellent article just now referred to, theends of the ears of corn, when partially de-voured aud left by this worm, afibrded a secureretreat for hundreds of small insects, which,under cover of the husk, finished the work ofdestruction commenced by the worm eatingholes in the grain or loosening them from thecob. A species of greenish-brown mould orfungus grew likewise in such situations, it ap-pearing that the dampness from the exuded sapfavored such a growth. Thus decay and des-truction rapid
. The American entomologist and botanist. tually eaten bythe worm; but, as we are informed in the sameexcellent article just now referred to, theends of the ears of corn, when partially de-voured aud left by this worm, afibrded a secureretreat for hundreds of small insects, which,under cover of the husk, finished the work ofdestruction commenced by the worm eatingholes in the grain or loosening them from thecob. A species of greenish-brown mould orfungus grew likewise in such situations, it ap-pearing that the dampness from the exuded sapfavored such a growth. Thus decay and des-truction rapidly progressed, hidden by the huskfrom the eye of the unsuspecting farmer. Wereproduce here, by way of Iepresenting the op-erations of this insect more vividly to the eye,the graphic though somewhat rough figurewhich illustrated the above Paper in the col-umns of the Prairie Farmer; and we may addthat manj horses in Kansas subsequently diedfrom disease, occasioned by having this half-rotten wormy corn fed out to them. Of course [Fig. 20.]. ^^ it will be readily understood, that the insecthere figured in its three stages is the samewhich we ourselves illustrated in the same threestages on page 213 of our first volume, besidesgiving two sketches of the ess. A Long Sleeper.—I had a caterpillar of thePuss Moth brought me by a friend twelvemonths ago last August: it formed its cocoon afew days after I received it, and has been lyingin that state for twenty-one months. Thismorning the moth made its appearance.— in ITardivickes Science Gossip, Ey° Should a number of the Extomologist,through whatever cause, fail to reach any of oursubscribers, we will cheerfully send another oneupon being informed of the fact. THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 45 GAILS ASD THEIR ARCHITECTS-2(l ARTICLE. Ill our former Article upon this very inter-esting and instructive subject*, we sliowecl tliat, language of Naturalists, Galls arc allsuch deformsitions of living and growing plants,as are p
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